Tuesday, September 20, 2005

The Cane

i was waiting for bus no 61 to go to queensway on saturday. the bus took forever to come and i was getting kinda irritated, considering that i'm already going to be late.

just when the frustration is starting to get to me, this visually handicapped man walked to the bus stop with the aid of a cane and he was going "hello. hello." trying to get someone to assist him. i wanted to go up to help him, but then something else got the better of me. the curiosity to find out if a theory is indeed true.

what is this theory? that "singaporeans are not as helpful as an expatriate living in singapore".

i scanned the bus stop and directly across me was a couple of locals, and an expatriate couple. true enough, the expatriate couple were the first to offer their assistance.

why didn't i help but instead choose to conduct this stupid little test on a saturday evening? i seriously have no idea. i guess seeing is believing. you won't believe what dicks some of us singaporeans can be until you see it for yourself. and since i didn't offer my help as well, i guess for that moment, i was just like one of them.





wei lian and maia lee: one thing i don't understand, why is he wearing a watch when he can't see the time...

Tuesday, September 13, 2005

The Cola Corporation

you know as a kid i use to wonder why adults don't usually drink cola, and rather settle for a hot drink such as coffee or tea, or any other cold drink but cola.

now i think i'm starting to understand why...

i don't really like to drink cola nowadays. not because of it's high sugar content (like what the nurses from MOH have been telling me when i was in primary school), or because it affects your sperm count (according to agnes, with totally no medical backing whatsoever), but simply because i don't find cola that nice anymore.

now i rather drink barley, soya bean, green tea, "teh peng" or "milo peng". or coffee. maybe this is a transformation for me. to make me better suited to take on the corporate world.



a symbol of the legalised drug of corporate society

Sunday, September 04, 2005

The Vanishing

i'm not doing a disappearing act.
although sometimes i think i can just vanish without anyone noticing.
not to become invisible,
but to vanish without a trace.

Friday, September 02, 2005

The Colorgenics

Mood Analysis Test: http://www.colorgenics.com/sps/

At this time you are feeling 'uptight' and you are urgently in need of rest and relaxation; but perhaps even more than that you need to overcome that feeling that you have been 'hard done by' and treated with a complete lack of consideration. Maybe you have, but whatever may have been the cause of your inherent anxiety, you regard the situation as intolerable. You are, however, sufficiently competent to turn that situation around - you have overcome similar problems in the past, and really this one isn't too different.

In actual fact you are not willing to exert yourself in any way. You have that truly 'laid back' attitude and are unwilling to extend yourself or exert undue effort. You feel that to move forward - be it in your life style or in business relationships - would require more energy output than you are prepared to give at this time. You want to take life easy and your attitude is such that 'Enough is Enough'.

You honestly believe that your hopes and ideas are realistic, but there seems to be no one around to give you the necessary reassurance and encouragement. You are egocentric. You believe that you are always 'right' - well maybe you are but you have a short fuse and are likely to take offense for the slightest reason.

Your willpower and stamina are in danger of being overwhelmed by excessive stress. Your resilience and tenacity have become weakened. You are feeling overtaxed, worn out and getting nowhere: but you continue to stand your ground. You feel that this unfavourable situation is an encumbrance which you could well do without and you find yourself unable to make the necessary decisions at this particular moment in time to change anything.

The tensions and stresses that you have experienced of late have been the result of trying to cope with conditions which are really beyond your capabilities. You feel completely inadequate to cope with the situation and you would like nothing better to escape from it all and to be able to relax in a problem and pressure free environment where you can do your thing.